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MySuper a challenge to fund differentiation: AusSuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... there will be a fight on fees," Carter said. AustralianSuper has positioned itself ahead of MySuper starting date and in March 2013 was already managing in-house 2.3% of its investments. "We in-sourced because that was money we wanted to give back to ...

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... inflation eased to 1.1% in the year to April from 1.5% the month before. Core inflation slowed to 1.7% last month from 1.9% in March. As to worries about future inflation, I've been proved wrong worrying about it since the Fed's first foray into QE that ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten released legislation for enshrinement in November 2012 and in March this year, government introduced legislation for "financial planner / adviser". Under the Corporations Act 2001, there ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... government said China's consumer price index rose 2.4 per cent year-on-year last month, compared with a 2.1 per cent rise in March and a forecast for April of 2.2 per cent according to economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 ...

Apostle Dundas Global Equity wins van Eyk mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... Equity fund to $140 million. According to the most recent fact sheet on Apostle's website, the fund stood at $133 million in March. "We are delighted that van Eyk have entrusted us to manage a portion of their assets. DGI shall endeavour to provide strong ...

Super fund returns fall to 10.8%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
The recovery in super fund returns had a slight hiccup in March 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index fell slightly to 10.8%. Super fund returns are still, however, the 2nd highest they've been in 3 years. Explaining ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... heartened by a robust rise in the Conference Baord's consumer confidence index in April, to 68.1 points from a revised 61.9 in March. LONDON - European stock markets closed with mixed results as investors balanced mostly gloomy eurozone economic data ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... had some nasty news too, which is bad for Australia and the world. China's official PMI slip to 50.6 in April from 50.9 in March and lower than the expected 51.0 print. A mayday call perhaps...but only if you forget that the Politburo is doing this purposely ...

A lesson against austerity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... inflation easing to a three-year low of 1.2% in April and the unemployment rate rising to another record high of 12.1% in March, the ECB has no reason to give everybody what they want (in spite of the reasons I wrote on this space yesterday). A token ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... heartened by a robust rise in the Conference Baord's consumer confidence index in April, to 68.1 points from a revised 61.9 in March. LONDON - European stock markets closed with mixed results as investors balanced mostly gloomy eurozone economic data ...